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Barnes 1944

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]

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Table: Table 35—Social Welfare Worker.

Table 35—Social Welfare Worker.

Number of cases visited46
„ „ visits and re-visits made441
Number of children—
for whom adoption was arranged1
who were placed with relatives2
Number of mothers—
Admitted to hostels1
„ „ Church homes1
for whom work was found2
for whom housing accommodation was found3

Table: Table 36.—Notification of Births.

Table 36.—Notification of Births.

(a) Registered in Borough:-Live Births.Still Births.Totals.
Number of births registered during 1944 as occurring in the Borough4069415
Number of such births not notified in accordance with the Public Health Act, 1936, Part VII224
(b) Notified.
Number of births, live and still, notified during the year—
by medical practitionersResidents.Outward Transfers,. Total
9110
by midwives286125411
by other persons---
Total notified295126421
Number of still-births notified during the year Percentage of still-births to total births9-9
occurring in the Borough3.1-2.1

Table: Table 37.—Institutional Confinements.

Table 37.—Institutional Confinements.

In institutions within the Borough203
In registered maternity homes203
In institutions outside the Borough266
In general hospitals25
In maternity hospitals87
In Public Health County hospitals91
In Public Assistance institutions45
In maternity homes18
Total469
Number of above institutional confinements arranged through the Borough Ante-natal Clinic
126